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Selective Red Cell Variables in Chippiparai Hound Breeds of Tamil Nadu - A Pilot Study in 30 Dogs
Selective Red Cell Variables in Chippiparai Hound Breeds of Tamil Nadu - A Pilot Study in 30 Dogs
ABSTRACT
Globally, many clinico-pathologic differences between hounds and other breeds have
been investigated and most of the research has been focused on differences in the hematologic
values between the breeds and hematologic reference intervals for the Greyhounds, which
have been recently published. However, our native hound, Chippiparai, closely resembles the
morphological traits of the hounds and yet there are no published reports on the hematological
parameters of the Chippiparai breed from Tamil Nadu. Hence, this study was carried out to
investigate the red cell variables like Hemoglobin, Packed Cell Volume and RBC counts
which were compared with that of non-hound breeds. Chippiparai hound dogs (n=30) and
non-hound dogs (n=30) were selected amongst the dogs presented at Madras Veterinary
College Teaching Hospital and various native hamlets. The Hb, PCV and RBC level sin the
Chippiparai breeds were found to be higher which may probably be attributed to the need
for appropriate oxygen supplementation under extreme climatic conditions, for running and
hunting and probably as an inheritance from the other sight hounds. Also, these breeds can
be recommended as good blood donors since a lesser volume of their transfused blood (with
greater PCV) can increase the hematological parameters of the anemic recipient dog as
compared to an equal volume of blood from the non-hound blood donors.
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Selective Red Cell Variables in Chippiparai Hound Breeds of Tamil Nadu- a Pilot Study in 30 Dogs
Table - 1. Red Cell variables in Chippiparai breeds (n=30) and Non-hound breeds
German Shepherd, Labrador and Boxers) (n=30)
Chippiparai Non-Hound
Parameters T Stat P - Value
N1 MEAN ± SE N2 MEAN ± SE
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Baranidharan
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Selective Red Cell Variables in Chippiparai Hound Breeds of Tamil Nadu- a Pilot Study in 30 Dogs
(Vol of blood required (ml)= Bwt of recipient (kg) x 80x (Desired PCV- Recepient PCV)
Donor PCV
Vol of blood required from a non- hound dog= 10*80*(30-15)/ 40= 300 ml
Vol of blood required from a Chippiparai dog= 10*80*(30-15)/ 55= 218 ml
Further, mean cell volume, potassium, of hematological reference intervals in
urea, alanine amino transferase, aspartate healthy adult greyhounds. Journal of
amino transferase, alkaline phosphatase Small Animal Practice, 52:301–309.
and cholesterol were also found to be
Lund, C., Kuhl, S., Mischke, R and Günzel-
significantly higher in deer hounds as
Apel, A.R. (2000). Reference values of
compared to the average dog populations
the red blood profile in beagle, German
(Sheerer et al., 2013), which needs further
shepherd and golden retriever puppies.
investigation in our indigenous Chippiparai
Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr,
breeds.
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With regards to Chippiparai, further Mesa-Sanchez, I., Zaldivar-Lopez, S.,
investigation into other parameters Couto, C.G., Gamito-Gomez, A.,
including, thyroid hormones, cardiac Granados-Machuca, M.M., Lopez-
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features should be investigated in a larger
Sheerer, K.N., Couto, C.G., Marin, L.M.,
population.
Zaldívar-Lopez, S., Iazbik, M.C.,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Dillberger, J.E., Frye,M and Denicola,
D.B. (2013). Hematological and
This data is a part of the TANUVAS biochemical values in North American
Research funded by the TRCF funded 18 Scottish deer hounds. Journal of Small
months study (28.03.2013 to 28.09.2014) Animal Practice, 54(7):354-60.
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Sullivan, P.S., Evans, H.L and McDonald,
DEA 1.1 and standardization of basic
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blood parameters in native Indian dog
hemoglobin function in greyhounds.
breeds”(Scheme code 30020) approved by
Journal of the American Veterinary
the Corpus Fund under the Directorate of
Medical Association, 205:838–841.
Research, TANUVAS. India.
Zaldívar-López, S., Marín, L.M., Iazbik,
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